Chronicling TreMoto's quest to prove the effectiveness of the leaning vehicle suspension system at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb - and maybe break a record or three...
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Five-29
We just received word today that TreMoto's entry to the 89th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been accepted! Eddie Smith will be racing the #529 TreMoto 3Z1 to the clouds.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Steering Fabrication
TreMoto fabricator Jeff Ferguson welds up the 3Z1's adjustable height steering stem. The new design will give us significantly more flexibility to tune our steering ratio to work more optimally at high lean angle. Laeger's Performance has agreed to supply us with a custom spec'd Protrax-style steering system that will allow us to achieve greater steering lock at lean angle than available on Monstrosity. All this means more grip, more lean angle and more control.
Steering head modifications are also nearly complete. Final bulkhead design will be finalized this week, resulting in a significantly stiffer structure than the previous designs. All the 4130 is already here, so its off the to waterjet, the press brake and the jig. We should have the frame ready for reassembly in the next two weeks.
Steering head modifications are also nearly complete. Final bulkhead design will be finalized this week, resulting in a significantly stiffer structure than the previous designs. All the 4130 is already here, so its off the to waterjet, the press brake and the jig. We should have the frame ready for reassembly in the next two weeks.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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